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HANDY  ATLAS 


THE    WORLD 


CONTENTS. 


United  States  Standard  Time 2 

The  World  in  Hemispheres 3 

North  America 4 

Dominion  of  Canada 5 

Arctic  Regions 5 

United  States 6,  7 

New  England  States 8 

Middle  Atlantic  States 9 

New  York  City  and  Vicinity 10 

Philadelphia  and  Vicinity 
Boston  and  Vicinity    . 
Washington  and  Vicinity 

South-eastern  States  12 

East  Central  States 13 

West  Central  States 14 

Chicago  and  Vicinity 15 

St.  Louis  and  Vicinity 15 

Pacific  States  and  Territories 16 

South-western  States 17 

Mexico  and  the  West  Indies 17 


United  States  — Commercial  Map    .        .        .        .      18,  ig 

South  America 20 

Europe 21 

Great  Britain  and  Ireland 22 

France  and  Switzerland      .        .  ....  23 

Germany,  Netherlands,  and  Belgium  ....  24 

Austro-Hungarian  Monarchy 25 

Turkish  Empire,  etc 26 

Asia 27 

Bible  Lands  of  Western  Asia 27 

Africa 28 

Northern  Africa 28 

Southern  Africa 28 

Central  Africa 29 

Australia  and  Pacific  Islands 30 

Heights  of  the  Principal  Mountains  of  the  World  .  31 

Lengths  of  the  Principal  Rivers  of  the  World     .         .  31 

Population  of  the  Principal  Cities  of  the  World      .  31 

Population  of  Chief  Cities  ai.d  Towns  of  United  States,  32 

General  Tables  of  Area  and  Population     ...  32 


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PUBLISHERS 
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Eastern  Divisio:n" 


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PACIFIC 
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PRINCIPAL    RAILROADS    IN    THE 
UNITED    STATES. 

1.  Grand  Trunk. 

2.  Eastekn. 

3.  Shore  Line. 

4.  Vermont  Central. 

5.  Bo.sTON  AND  Albany. 

6.  Hudson  River. 

7.  New  York  Central. 

8.  New  York,  Lake  Erie,  and  Western. 
g.  A'-LANTic  and  Great  Western. 


Pennsylvania. 
Baltimore  and  Oh 
Pittsburg,  Fort  V 


Chicago  and  North-Western. 
Chicago,  Rock  Island,  and  Pacific. 
St.  Paul,  Minneapolis,  and  Manitoba. 
Chicago,  Milwaukee,  and  St.  Paul. 
Chicago.  Burlington,  and  Quincy. 
Hannibal  and  St.  Joseph. 
Chicago  and  Alton. 
Illinois  Central  (Iowa  Division). 


23.  Wabash,  Toledo, 

24.  Ohio  and  Mississ 

25.  Pittsburg,  CiNcr 

26.  Cleveland,  Coli 

27.  Washington    Cn 

Southern. 

28.  RrcHMOND,  Fred 


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W) 
(  Wilmington,  Co- 

31.  South  Carolina. 

32.  Georgia. 


33-  Piedmont  Air  Line. 

34.  Atlanta  and  Charlotte  Air  Line. 

35-  Central  Railroad  of  Georgia. 

36.  Western  and  Atlantic. 

37.  East  Tennessee,  Virginia,  and  Georgia. 

38.  Atlantic,  Mississippi,  and  Ohio. 

39.  Cincinnati  Southern. 

40.  Atlantic  and  Gulp. 

41.  Western  Railroad  op  Alabama,  and  Atlanta 

West  Point. 

42.  I.niiisvii.LE  AND  Great  Southern. 

43.  Memihis  anu  Char 

44.  Mobile  and  Ohio. 


45.  Chicago,  St.  Louis  and  New  Orleans. 
46   St.  Louis,  Iron  Mountain,  and  Southern. 

47.  International  and  Great  Northern. 

48.  Houston  and  Texas  Central. 

49.  M1S.SOURI,  Kansas,  and  Texas. 

50.  St.  Louis  and  San  Krancisco. 

51.  Texas  and  Pacific. 

52.  Atchison,  Topkka,  and  Santa  Ft 

53.  Union  Pacific. 

54.  Central  Pacific. 

55.  Northern  Pacific.      • 

56.  Southern  Pacific. 

57.  Oregon  and  California. 


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31 


POPULATION,  IN    EVEN  THOUSANDS,  OF  SOME   OF  THE    PRINCIPAL  CITIES  OF  THE 

[For  the  Population  of  the  Principal  Cities  of  the  United  States,  sec  next  page.} 
Chili. 


NORTH  AMERICA. 
Canada  and  Newf'd. 

Quebec   ....    62.000 

Halifax  ....  34,000 
St.  John  .  .  .  26,000 
St.  John's  .  .  .  23.000 
Ottawa  ....    27,000 

Mexico. 
Mexico  ....  225,000 

Leon 100,000 

Oiiadala\ara  .  .  93,000 
Puebia  ....  77,000 
Guanaxuato  .  .  63,000 
Queretaro   .  .    48,000 

Central  America. 
New  Guateniaht   .    56,000 


Argentine  Confeder'i 
Buenos  .-^yres  .     . 
j  Cordova.     .     .     . 


San  balvador  .     . 
West  Indie 
Havana  .... 
Santiago 

Kingston  .  .  . 
Port-auPrince  . 
San  Juan  .  .  . 
San  Domingo  .    . 


SOUTH  AMERICA. 

Venezuela. 
Caracas  ....    55,00c 


Cartagena  .  .  . 
Popayan  .  .  . 
Panama.  .  .  . 
Ecuador. 
Quito  .... 
Guayaquil  .  .  . 
Peru. 

Calls  :  :  :  : 

Bolivia. 

La  Paz  .    .     .    .  26,0 

Cochabamba    .     .  15,0 

Sucre      ....  x2,o< 


NORTH   AMERICA. 


18,0 


Riga  .... 
.Astrakhan  .     . 
Cronstadt    .     . 
Archangel  .     . 

48,0c 

Great  Britain  and 
Ireland. 

London  .    .    . 

4,764,0c 

Svlf^i  :  ; 

Manchester      . 
Birmingham    . 
Dublin    .     .     . 

552,0c 

393  .oc 

400,0c 
338,0c 

Cadiz      .    ! 

Portugal. 
I  Lisbon    ....  246, 
'  Oporto   ....  106, 

HEIGHTS  OF  THE    PRINCIPAL  MOUNTAINS   IN  THE  WORLD. 


2.  Sierra  Nevada  and  Cascade 
Range. 

Mount  Whitney 14,887 

Mount  Rainier 14. 444 

Mount  Shasta >4.44o 

Mount  Tyndall 14,386 

Mount  Dana 13.277 

Mount  Hood 11,225 

3.  Rocky  Mountains. 


Mexican  Plateau,       feet. 

Orizaba 17,897 

Popocatepetl 17,784 

Izlaccihu,itl 15,700 

CENTRAL  AMERICA. 


SOUTH   AMERICA. 


Mount  Harvard 
Gray's  Peak  . 
Mount  Lincoln 
Long's  Peak  . 
Pike's  Peak    . 


Illampu* 
lUimani*    . 
Aconcagua* 


Chitnborazo    "     .     . 

Nevada  de  Sorata  . 
Nevada  de  Cayambe 
Antisana  .... 
Cotopaxi  .... 
Tunguaragua      .     . 


Elburz  (on  Asiatic  boundary)    .  18,572 

Blanc  (Alps) 15,784 

Rosa  (Alps) 15,223 

Matterhorn  (Alps) 14,835 

Finster-aar-hom  (Alps)    .     .     .  14,039 

Jungfrau  (Alps) 13,718 

Mulhacen  (Spain) 11,65^ 

Maladetta  (Spain)  .  .  . 
Mount  Etna  (Sicily)  .  . 
Mount  Olympus  (Greece)     .    ^^  9,754 

ASIA.  "^ 

Everest,  Himalaya   Mountains 

(highest  in  the  world)    .     .     .  29,002 

Dapsang,  Karakorum  Mis.  .     .  28,278 

Kintchinjunga,  Himalaya  Mts.,  28,156 

Dhawalagiri,  Himalaya  Mts.     .  26,826 


if 


%. 


Nanda  Devi,  Himalaya  Mts. 

Hindoo  Koosh  Mountains  (higl 

est  peak)     . 
Ararat  (Armenia 


AFRICA. 

limaiya/o  (Central  Africa)    . 
ia  (Central  Africa)     .     .     . 
riffe  (Canary  Islands)   .     , 
Atlas'Mts.  (highest  ijeak)     .     . 
Mountains  of  Abyssinia  (high- 
est peak)     

I  ISLANDS. 

MaWna  Loa  (Sandwich  Islands), 

OpKir  (Sumatra) 

Owen  Stanley  (Papua)     .     .     . 

Semero  (Java) 

Egmont  (New  Zealand)    .     .     . 


Kniii 

ft'"' 
Tene 


KUau 


LENGTHS  OF  THE    PRINCIPAL  RIVERS   IN  THE  WORLD. 


irid) 


Missouri,  to  the  Mississippi 
Mississippi  proper  .  .  . 
Mackenzie 

Nelson  and  Saskatchewan  . 

Rio  Grande 

Yukon     

Arka 


Ohio  (including  the  Alleghany)  .     i,: 

Columbia i,; 

Red  River i,: 

Colorado i, 

•  These  i 


Brazos,  Colorado  of  Texas    .     . 
SOUTH  AMERICA. 


;  la  Plata  (Parana  included),    2,250 


Volga  .  .  . 
Don,  Dnetper  . 
e  results  of  offic 


Tagus  .... 
Dneisler,  Giiadiana 
Oder,  Douro,  Rhone 


Mekong 

i:uphrates  .... 
Ganges,  Brahmapootr: 
Irrawaddy    .... 

Tigris 

Ural 


AFRICA. 


Nile 

Niger. 

Congo,  or  Livingstone  (estim'd), 

Senegal,  Orange 

AUSTRALIA. 
Murray 


Aconcagua  is  probably  the  best  detennined  { 


I  South  America. 


32 


POPULATION    OF  THE    CHIEF  CITIES  AND  TOWNS  OF  THE   UNITED   STATES. 

{Compiled  from  the  Report  of  the  Tenth  United  States  Ceusus,  iSSo.] 


Akron,  O.  .  .  . 
Albany,  N.V.  . 
Alexandria,  Va.  . 
Allegheny,  Penn. 
AUentown,  Penn. 
Altoona,  Penn.  . 
Atchison,  Kan.  . 
Atlanta,  Oa.  .  . 
Attleborough,  Mass 
Auburn,  N.Y.  . 
Augu.sta,  Ga.  .  . 
Aurora,  HI.  .  . 
Austin,  Te.v.   .     . 

H..lli,„ore.  Md.  . 
I'.LUigor,  Ml>.  .  . 
Bay  City,  iMich.  . 
Belleville,  111.  . 
Biddeford,  Me.  . 
ISinghamton,  N.Y. 
Bloomington.  111. 
Boston,  Ma.ss.  . 
Bridgeport,  Conn. 
Brockton,  Ma^.s. 
Brooklyn,  N.Y.  . 
Buffalo,  N.Y.  . 
Btirlington,  lo.  . 
Burlington,  Vt.    . 

Cambridge,  Mass. 
Camden,  N.J.      . 
Canton,  O.      .     . 
Cedar  .Rapids,  lo. 
Charleston,  3.C.  . 
Chatunooga,  Teiui. 
Chelsea,  Mass.     .     . 
Chester,  Penn.     . 
Chicago,  III.    .     . 
Chicopce,  Mass.  . 
Chilicothe,  O.      . 
Cincinnati,  O. 
Cleveland,  ()  .     . 
Cohoes,  N.Y.  .     . 
Columbia,  S.C.    . 
Columbus,  O. 
Concord,  N.H.    . 
Council  Bluffs,  lo. 
Covington,  Ky.    . 
Cumberland,  Md. 


90.758 

18,063 


12,651 

>7.3"7 
17,180 
362,839 
27,643 
13,608 
566,663 
■55,134 
19.450 
11,364 


4-,659 
.2,258 


503,185 

:o;^;i 
255,139 
160,146 

51,647 
13,843 
18,059 
29,720 
10,693 


Dallas,  Tex.  . 
Danbury,  Conn. 
Davenport,  lo. 
Dayton,  O.  . 
Denver,  Col.  . 
Derby,  Conn.  . 
Des  Moines,  lo. 
Detroit,  Mich. 
Dover,  N.H.  . 
Dubuque,  lo.  . 


Easton,  Penn. 
East  Saginaw,  ! 
Eau  Claire,  Wis 
Elizabeth,  N.J. 


Fall  River,  Mass. 
Fitchburg,  Mass. 
Fond-du-Lac,  Wis. 
Fort  Wayne,  Ind. 

Galesburg.  III.  . 
Galveston,  Tex.  . 
Georgetown,  r).C. 
Gloucester,  Mass. 
Grand  Rapids,  Mic 

Hamilton,  O.  .     . 


,Mo 


Harrisburg,  Penn. 
Hartford,  Conn.  . 
Haverhill,  Mass. 
Hoboken,  N.J.  . 
Holyoke,  Mass.  . 
Houston,  Tex.  . 
Hyde  Park,  111.   . 


Jackson,  Mich.  . 
Jacksonville,  111. 
Jersey  City,  N.J. 
Joliet.lU.  .     .     . 


Kalamazoo,  Mich. 
Kansas  City,  Mo. 
Keokuk,  lo.  .  . 
Kingston,  N.Y.  . 


'\'s'; 


22,248 
12,578 
19,329 
32,016 


42^015 
18,472 


73,056 


16,145 

55^735 


La  Crosse,  Wis.  . 
Lafayette,  Ind.  . 
Lancaster,  Penn. 
Lawrence,  Mass. 
LeadvUle,  Col.  . 
Leavenworth,  Kal 


Lewi. 


,  Me 


Lexington,  Ky,  . 
Lincoln,  Neb. 
Lincoln,  R.l. .  . 
Little  Rock,  Ark. 
Lockport,  N.V.  . 
Logansport,  Ind. 
Long  Island  City , 
Ix>s  Angeles,  Cal. 
I.xDuisviTle,  Ky.  . 
Lowell,  Mass.  . 
Lynchburg,  Va.  . 
Lynn,  Mass.   .     . 

,Ga. 


Madison,  Wis.  .  . 
Maiden,  Mass.  .  . 
Manchester,  N.H.  . 
Marlborough,  Mass. 
.Memphis,  Tenn.  . 
Meriden,  Conn.  .  . 
Middletown,  Conn.  . 
Milwaukee,  Wis. 
Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Mobile,  Ala.  .  .  . 
Montgomery,  Ala.  . 
Muskegon,  Mich.    . 

Nashua,  N.H.  .  . 
Nashville,  Tenn. 
New  Albany,  Ind.  . 
Newark,  N.J.  .  . 
New  Bedford,  Mass. 
New  Brighton,  N.Y. 
New  Britain,  Conn. 
New  Brunswick,  N.J. 
Newburg,  N.Y.  .  . 
Newburyport,  Mass. 
New  Haven,  Conn. 
New  London,  Conn. 
New  Orleans,  La.  . 
Newport,  Ky.  .  . 
Newport,  R.I.  .  . 
Newton,  Mass.  .  . 
New  York.  N.Y.     . 


25.769 
39.'5i 
14,820 
16,546 
19.083 
16,656 
13,003 
'3.765 
13,138 


".732 
115.587 
46,887 


.36,508 
26,845 
12,679 


62382 


■5,693 
^^•995 


Norfolk,  Va.  .     . 
Norristown,  Penn. 
North  Adams,  Mas 
Northampton,  Mas 
Norwalk,  Conn.  . 
Norwich,  Conn.  . 

Oakland,  Cal  . 
Ogdensburg,  N.V. 
Omaha,  Neb.  .  . 
Orange,  N.J.  .  . 
Oshkosh,  Wis.  . 
Osw 


N.V. 


Paterson,  N.J.     .     . 
I'awtucket,  K.I.  .     . 

Peoria,  III 

Petersburg,  ''a.  .  . 
Philadelphia,  Penn. 
Pittsburg,  Penn.  .  . 
Pittsfield,  Mass.  .  . 
Portland,  Me.  .  . 
Portland,  Ore.  .  . 
Portsmouth,  O.  .  . 
Portsmouth,  Va. 
Pottsvdle,  Penn.  . 
Poughkeepsie,  N.Y. 
Providence,  R.I.      . 


Racine,  Wis.  .  . 
Reading,  Penn.  . 
Richmond,  Ind.  . 
Richmond,  Va.  . 
Rochester,  N.Y. 
Rockford,  111.  . 
Rock  Island,  III. 
Rome,  N.V.    .     . 


Sacramento,  Cal,  . 
Saginaw,  Mich.  .  . 
Salem,  Mass.  .  .  . 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah 
San  Antonio,  Tex.  . 
Sandusky, _0.  .  . 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 
San  Jos«,  Cal.  .  . 
Savannah,  Ga.  .  . 
Schenectady,  N.Y.  . 


30,518 
13,207 
■5.748 


.56,389 
■3.367 
33,810 
■7,577 


104,857 
27,268 


20,768 

■5,838 
233.959 
12,567 
30,709 
13.65s 


SomerviUe,  Mass. 
South  Bend,  Ind. 
Springfield,  111.  . 
Springfield,  Mass. 
Springfield,  O.  . 
Stamford,  Conn.  . 
Steubenville,  O.  . 
St.  Joseph,  Mo.  . 
St.  Louis,  Mo.  . 
St.  Paul,  Minn.  . 
Stockton,  Cal.  . 
Syracuse,  N.Y.   . 

Taunton,  Mass.  . 
Terre  Haute,  Ind. 
Toledo,  O.  .  .  . 
Topeka,  Kan. 
Trenton,  N.J.  . 
Troy,  N.Y.     .     . 


Vicksburg,  Mi 
Virginia  City,  Nev. , 

Waltham,  Mass. . 
Warwick,  R.I.     . 
Washington,  D.C. 
Waterbury,  Conn.  , 
Watertown,  N.Y. 
Weymouth,  Mass.  , 
Wheeling,  W.  Va. 
Wilkesbarre,  Penn. , 
Williamsport,  Penn. 
Wilmington,  Del. 
Wilmington,  N.C. 

Wobum',  Mass.  '. 
Woonsocket,  R.l. 
Worcester,  Mass. 

Vonkers,  N.Y.  . 
York,  Penn.  .  . 
Youngstown,  O.  . 


GENERAL  TABLES  OF  AREA  AND  POPULATION. 


General  Divisions. 


Polar  Lands  (both  hemisphe 
.Greenland  and  Iceland  . 
North  of  North  America 
North  of  Europe  .  .  . 
North  of  Asia  .... 
South  of  South  America 
South  of  Australia      .     . 


:  ,726,934 
878,357 
502,347 


28,606,250 
82:438 


Asi'a'uncluding  Malaysia)     '.     '. 

Polynesia  (both  hemispheres) 
Australasia  (both  hemispheres)  . 

Australia 

Tasmania 

New  Zealand    .     .     .     . '  .     . 

New  Guinea 

Other  Islands 


.756,973  ,  327,743,400 

■,2i2,6oi  795,591,000 

,SM,755  205,823,260 

11,710  271,000 

i»444,987  3.960,883 


105,401 
311,952 
56,314 


"5,705 
534,578 


States  and  Terri- 


Alabama    .     .    . 

Alaska  .... 
Arizona  Territory 

California  .     .     . 

Colorado    .     .     . 

Dakota  Territory 
Delaware  .  .  . 
District  Cohmibia 
Florida  .... 
Georgia  .  .  , 
Idaho  Territory  . 


16.  Indian  Territnr>' . 

18.  Kansas  .     .     .     . 

19.  Kentucky  .     .     . 

20.  Louisiana    .     .     . 


1,262,505 

53' .409 

33.426 

5,,8so 

■58,360 

864,694 

■94,327 

^r^o 

622,700 

li^:^ 

■77.624 

58,680 

269,493 

84,800 

32,610 

56,650 

3,077 .87' 

'''lt%\ 

56,025 

1,648,690 

48,720 

939.946 
^48,936 

33,040 

26.  Mississippi      .     .     . 

27.  Missouri     .     .     .     . 

28.  Montana  Territory  . 

29.  Nebraska    ,     .     .     . 

30.  Nevada       .     .     .     . 

31.  New  Hampshire.     . 

32.  New  Jer&ev     .     .     . 

33.  New  Mexico  Ter.     . 

34.  New  York  .     .     .     . 

35.  North  Carolina    .     . 

36.  Ohio 

37.  Oregon 

38.  Pennsylvania  .     .     . 

39.  Rhode  Island  .     .     . 

40.  South  Carolina    .     . 

41.  Tennessee  .     .     .     . 

42.  Texas 

43.  Utah  Territory     .     . 

44.  Vermont     .     .     .     . 

45.  Virginia      .     .     .     . 

46.  Washington  Ter. 

47.  West  Virginia 

48.  Wisconsin  .  .  .  . 
49-  Wyoming  Ter.  .  . 
50.  Pu6Mands{u*tor^,\ 


46,810 
69,415 

146,080 
77.505 

110,700 

\%\ 
122,580 

49.'70 
52.250 


30,570 
42,050 

84^970 
9.565 
42,450 
69,180 
24,780 

97^890 
5.740 


\f& 


119,565 
5,082,871 
■,399.750 
3,198,062 

4.2?J:C 

276,53« 
995,577 


